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TV highlights for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Chuck Barney, East Bay Times
Published 6:04 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2017

Liev Schreiber has the title role in Showtime’s "Ray Donovan," which ends its fifth season Sunday.(Photo: Michael Desmond/Showtime)

•In the Season 1 finale of “The Deuce,” Vincent balks at getting in deeper with Rudy as expansion fever hits Frankie and Bobby. Meanwhile, Candy gets a taste of directing and enjoys the red-carpet perks of a major premiere. 9 p.m., HBO.

•As Season 5 of “Ray Donovan” wraps up, Ray (Liev Schreiber) goes to New York to arrange an illicit surgery that he hopes will save Smitty. Get used to the setting. Next season, the show will relocate from Los Angeles to New York. 9 p.m., Showtime.

•“Nude” is the provocative title of a documentary that explores perceptions of nudity in art by chronicling the creative process of fashion photographer David Bellemere. He has been commissioned to shoot a calendar of nude photographs to debut at Art Basel in Miami. 10 p.m., Starz.

MONDAY

•Just in time for Halloween, the documentary “American Masters – Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive” vows to tell the real story of the notorious author best known for his Gothic horror tales and eerie poem “The Raven.” The film insists that the images of Poe as a drug-addled madman akin to the narrators of his horror stories are mostly fabricated and can be attributed, in large part, to a high-profile obituary filled with falsehoods. Denis O’Hare (“American Horror Story”) stars as Poe and Kathleen Turner narrates. 9 p.m., PBS.

•“Major Crimes” is back on the case as the procedural launches its sixth and final season. The opener has the team investigating the disappearance of three 15-year-old boys during a school field trip. 9 p.m., TNT.

WEDNESDAY

For its second season, “Stan Against Evil” returns to the quaint town of Willard’s Mill and promises more demons, witches and twisted humor. In the first of back-to-back episodes, Stan meets the descendants of a Wiccan coven. 10 p.m., IFC.

THURSDAY

•When the new season of “Mom” begins, Bonnie gets cold feet when contemplating her future with Adam, and Christy risks failing an important test in order to help a fellow alcoholic. 9 p.m., CBS.

•Shemar Moore, who starred in “Criminal Minds” for 11 seasons, returns to prime time as the leading man in “S.W.A.T.” It’s a reboot of the 1970s drama series about a specialized law-enforcement tactical unit. 10 p.m., CBS.

FRIDAY

Very strange things continue to go down on “Z Nation.” Tonight, Lucy fights to save Murphy’s life, while Warren and the others battle a biologically modified Franken-Zombie. 9 p.m., Syfy.

SATURDAY

Don’t look now, but the onslaught of holiday-themed TV movies has begun. In “Christmas Festival of Ice,” a woman’s desire to bring back an ice-sculpture contest to her hometown opens the door to a potential new romance. 8 p.m., Hallmark.